Washington State Okanogan County Wheres the fire Fire
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Washington State
Okanogan County Where’s the fire?
Fire Statistics • Started: July 14, 2014 • Started as 4 separate fires: - Stokes Fire - French Creek Fire Gold Creek Fire Cougar Flats Fire • Acreage: 256, 108 acres (400. 2 square miles) - 80, 564 acres FS - 6, 157 acres BLM - 70, 215 acres WA State - 99, 082 acres Private Lands • Homes lost: 237 plus 55 cabins • Largest fire in Washington State history • 12 more homes lost in Rising Eagle fire • 12 more home damaged/destroyed in mudslides
17 miles 12 miles 29 miles 6 miles 3 miles 6 miles
Winthrop July 18 th, 2014 ~ 12 am – Davis Canyon south Power and Fiber loss. Pend Oreille NOANet in NE Washington Tonasket 911 Omak Okanogan Twisp Spokane Mc. Clure Mtn Site Batteries PS-Radios Gen added Verizon Generator/MW Malott ATT Unknown FM transmitter Generator Chief Joseph Dam Brewster Pateros Active Power Connectivity/Fiber In-Active Power Connectivity/Fiber Century. Link Fiber OFF Fiber ON Proposed Microwave
Agencies Involved at Pateros 10 Law Enforcement Agencies (56 units) Okanogan County Sheriff Office -25 Chelan County Sheriff Office - 3 Douglas County Sheriff’s Office - 5 Washington State Patrol - 7 WA Dept Fish & Wildlife -5 Brewster PD - 2 Omak PD - 3 Colville Confederated Tribes PD - 4 Winthrop Marshall’s Office - 1 Twisp PD – 1 WA State Parks – Alta Lake 6 Dispatch Centers Okanogan County Dispatch River. Com – Douglas/Chelan Counties MACC – Grant County Colville Confederated Tribes Dispatch Ferry County Dispatch WA State Patrol - Wenatchee 5 EMS Agencies Aero Methow Rescue Fire District #15 (Brewster/Pateros) Life. Line Ambulance (Omak/Okanogan) Grand Coulee Ambulance Lake Chelan EMS 11 Fire Agencies (100+ units) Fire District 6 (upper Methow Valley) Fire District 15 Lower Methow/Brewster/Pateros Fire District 3 (Omak/Okanogan/Malott) Fire District 7 (Riverside) Conconully City Fire Department Fire District 9 Fire District 8 Mt Tollman Fire Center (BIA Keller) WA Dept Natural Resources Spokane Co Grant Co 1 Other Agencies Okanogan PUD
Frequencies Used Sheriff South County Repeated Okanogan County Dispatch IC- South (Brewster/Pateros) WA State Parks – Alta Lake Law, Fire, EMS beyond tactical reach LERN IC- South (Brewster/Pateros) Okanogan County Sheriff Office Chelan County Sheriff Office Douglas County Sheriff’s Office Washington State Patrol WA Dept Fish & Wildlife Brewster PD Omak PD Colville Confederated Tribes PD River. Com – Douglas/Chelan Counties Okanogan County Dispatch WA State Patrol (capable) Simplex Tactical Fire District 15 (Methow/Brewster/Pateros) Life. Line Ambulance (Omak/Okanogan) Grand Coulee Ambulance Lake Chelan EMS Fire District 3 (Omak/Okanogan/Malott) Fire District 7 (Riverside) Fire District 8 Conconully City Fire Department Fire District 9 Fire Agency Repeated Mt Tollman Fire Center (BIA Keller) WA Dept Natural Resources Sheriff West County Repeated Okanogan County Sheriff Office Winthrop Marshall’s Office Twisp PD West County Fire - Repeated Fire District 6 (upper Methow Valley, 1 site) Aero. Methow – West County - Repeated Aero Methow Rescue (upper Methow Valley, 1 site) East County Fire – Repeated (Chilliwist) Fire District 3 (Omak/Okanogan/Malott) Other Agencies Okanogan PUD – UHF Repeated *only UHF agency* -Sheriff contact via phone only. Telephone MACC Dispatch – Grant County (telephone only) Colville Confederated Tribes Dispatch (telephone only) Ferry County Dispatch (telephone only) WA State Patrol – Wenatchee (telephone only) River. Comm
6 miles Upper Methow / Twisp 17 miles 12 miles 3 miles 29 miles 4 miles Chiliwist / Mid. Valley Pateros / South
Data • Sheriff and some Police field units use mobile computers via cellular data • Access to GIS data – Structure points – Roads – AVL • Alternate messaging path – Instant messaging with dispatch / other units. • One cellular carrier failed, one carrier did not fail. – OCSO’s carrier did not loose service.
Evacuation Notices
AVL & Cellular Coverage Limits Cellular works well where there is coverage Data through other means would improve coverage.
Mobile CAD Calls for service were communicated without requiring a radio frequency, assuming cellular coverage.
Messaging - One to one mail or instant messages - One to many mail or instant messages. - Alerts - Securely transmitted without occupying a radio frequency. Is Chiliwist Rd Level 3? No, just level 2.
Questions? Mike Worden Chief Deputy – Special Ops/Communications 911 Coordinator mworden@co. okanogan. wa. us
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